1. Treaty of Versailles-
What was it, who was there, what were the major points of it, and what did the U.S. do with the Treaty of Versailles.
Its was a treaty that ended world war 1, U.S.(Woodrow Wilson) Great Britain, France, and Italy. The treaty was aimed at punishing Germany. Wilsons 14 points was aimed at all countries changing, but not at punishing Germany.
The New countries- Finland, Poland, Estonia, Lithuania, Czechoslovakia, yugoslavia, these came out of larger countries after WW1.
Austria wanted to be apart of Germany, but the leaders didn't let them become part of Germany.
Territorial, Germany lost land from, France, Belgium, Denmark, Czechoslovakia, Poland. The league of Nations also took control of Germany's overseas colonies.
Military, Germany's Army was reduced to 100,000 men; the army was not allowed tanks.Germany was not allowed and Air force. Germany was only allowed 6 capital naval ships and no submarines. The west of Rhineland and 50kms east of the River Rhine was made into a demilitarized zone(DMZ). No German solder or weapon was allowed into this zone. The Allies were to keep an army of occupation on the west bank of the Rhine for 15 years.
Financial, The loss of Vital industrial territory would be a severe blow to Germany's economy. Coal from the Saar and Upper Silesia in particular was a vital economic loss. Germany had to pay $33 billion to the allies(Great Britain and France). Germany was also forbidden to unite with Austria to form one superstate.
General-Germany had to take full responsibility for starting World War One this was clause 231''War Guilt Clause'', A league of Nations was set up to keep world peace.
The United States never signed the Treaty, Congress doesn't like it, because they thought they'd be pulled into European wars all the time, and they thought that they would become our government, and tell us when and when we couldn't join war. We signed a separate peace agreement with all the separate countries to end the war, the Treaty did go into effect even though we didn't sign it.
2. Peace attempts of the 1920's/30's
4. Italy's(Mussolini's) conquests of the 1930's
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